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Sustainable Cornish Seafood

We can all help our oceans by making well informed decisions when choosing seafood. Look for Cornish seafood labelled with our recommended symbol. Here are a few species from our recommended seafood list.

Why should we care

Spider crab by Sarah McCartney

Cornish King Crab

Maja brachydactyla

Method: Potting

Carrageenan seaweed

Seaweed

Various species

Method: Hand Collection

Thornback ray

Thornback ray

Raja clavata

Method: Gill Netting

Native Oyster

Native Oyster

Ostrea edulis

Method: Sail and Oar

Hake by Sarah McCartney

Hake

Merluccius merluccius

Method: Gill Netting

mussel

Mussels

Mytilus edulis

Method: Farmed

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Where to buy

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Meet the Fishers

Aiden McClary

Aiden McClary

Port: St Ives

Aiden is a young St Ives fisherman that uses nets, pots and handlines to catch a range of fresh fish and shellfish. He is a part of the St Ives Fish Selling Co-op. 

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Gary Rawle

Gary Rawle

Port: Par

Gary Rawle is the owner of Westcountry Mussels. He farms mussels in the clean waters of St Austell bay. Mussel farming is a low impact sustainable farming method that produces the highest quality mussels. 

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News

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Cornwall Good Seafood Guide is underpinned by the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) Good Fish Guide. The first UK consumer guide to sustainable seafood. For more information visit www.fishonline.org

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